Cornish
Pronunciation: k?r"n?sha.
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Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.
Cornish chough .
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Cornish engine ,
a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, in descending.
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The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.